Mop wringer



July 14, 1931. c. c. POTTER, JR ,8

MOP WRINGER Filed May 28, 1929 ,zo 1 1.5, I

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: BY fi a ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1931 Darren STATES PATENT OFFECE CHARLES CLINTON POTTER, an, or Los ANGELEs, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO B. LAGRAND DEEPER, OF SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MOP WRINGEB.

Application filed May 28,

This invention relates to means for wringing mops such as are used for mopping floors or other surfaces.

An object of my invention is to provide a mop, and wringer of improved construction by means of which the mop cloth may be twistedand wrung out with maximum efficiency. I V a An object is to provide amopv and wringer of the character stated which will be simple in construction, easy to manufacture, assemble, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object is to provide a novel mop wringer which may be carried on the usual mop stick without inconvenience.

The invention includes the parts and combination of parts particularly hereinafter referred to.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detail description, and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in a form I at present deem preferable.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mop wringer constructed in accordance with my invention, and with the parts shown in mopping position, but with the mop cloth omitted.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1, but with a mop cloth secured thereto. The mop cloth being of short length to contract the view.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my mop wringer with the parts shown in position aftertwisting and wringing of the mop cloth.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View of the lower end of the mop stick taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the lower portlon of the mop taken on line 66 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a cross section taken on line 77 of Fig. 3.

The invention comprises generally the combination of a mop including a handle 1, a mop holding member 2 secured at one end of handle 1, and a mop wringing member 3 1929. Serial No. 366,589.

adapted to wring a mop cloth 4 mounted on member 2. A hand grip sleeve 5 secured on the handle 1 is provided so that the handle may be gripped and held in one hand to prevent turning thereof during the operation I of twisting and wringing the mop cloth with ghe gth-er hand through the medium of mem- The mop holding member 2 comprises an elongated wire loop 6 and a ferrule 7 in which the ends of the loop are secured, the ferrule being snugly fitted on a reduced portion 8 at the lower end of the handle 1. The end portions 9 of the loop, are bent at right angles to the loop intermediate the ends thereof and are extended into the ferrule 7 through the lower end thereof and through a slot 10 in the lower end of the handle 1. The extremities 11 of said end portions 9. being bent outwardly and extended through openings 12 in the ferrule whereby the loop 6 is effectively secured in the ferrule. The loop 6 is bent in such a manner that the ends 11 of loop 6 normally urge away from each other so as to maintain seating engagement on the openings 12.

The mop wringing member 3 comprises an elongated" rectangular frame 13 preferably of bent wire, and a sleeve 14 to which the free ends of frame 13 are secured. The lower endmember 15 of the frame 13 is bent outwardly at its junctions with the side members 16 to form stops 17 at the sides of said end member to confine the lower end 18 of the mop cloth 4 therebetween so that said end of the mop cloth will not slide off said end member 15 when the frame is turned and the'mop cloth twisted for wringing the mop cloth, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The upper portions of the frame 13 are respectively bent, first inwardly at right angles to the side members 16 as at 19, then upwardlyparallel to each other as at 20 and thenoutwardlyat right anglesto the portions 20, and downwardly and inwardly in the formof 1 loop handles 21. Said loop handles 21 extend transversely with relation tothehandle 1 and are sufliciently narrow tobe readily included within the grasp of perators hands, handles are Ian spaced away from the body portion of the wire mop-holder thus allowing room for the fingers of the operator between said loops and the wire portions 19. The portions 20 of the frame 13 are respectively secured to opposite sides of the sleeve 14 which is slidably mounted on handle 1.

Retaining means 22 are provided for detachably holding the wringing member 3 elevated on the handle 1 with the lower end member 15 thereof adjacent the mop holding member 2 when the wringing member is not in use. The holding means 22 may be of any suitable design and is shown in the form of a snap button fastener comprising a round headed tack 23 driven into the handle 1 and a socket 24 formed in the sleeve 14: into which the head of the tack 23 snaps for holding the sleeve against sliding movement on the handle with the wringing member 3 elevated on the handle.

The gripping sleeve 5 is fitted tightly on the handle 1 above the elevated position of the sleeve 14. The sleeve 5 may be made of rubber and fluted so that it may be most effectively gripped.

The mop 4 is in the form of a loop extended through the loop 6 of the mop holding member 2 and over the end member 15 of the wringing member 3, and the ends of the mop cloth may be sewed together as at 25.

Normally the wringing member 3 is elevated and secured in such position by the holding means 22, as shown in Fig. 1 so that the mop cloth may be rubbed over the floor in the usual manner for mopping the floor.

When it is desired to wring the mop cloth, the holding means 22 is disengaged by moving or sliding the wringing member 3 downwardly on the handle and the member 3 is extended until the lower end member 15 of the wringing member engages the inside of the lower end of the mop cloth 14 and draws the cloth taut with its upper end held in the holding member 2. The sleeve is then gripped by one hand and the handle 1 thereby held against turning while the wringing member 3 is rotated through the medium of the loops 21 thereby twisting and wringing the mop cloth as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim:

1. A mop wringer comprising the combination of a mop holding member on the lower end of said handle; a mop wringing member turnably mounted on saidhandle for holding one end of the mop cloth while the other end of said cloth is held by said mop holding member; and a transversely extending handle on said mop wringing member for turning the same for wringing the mop cloth, there being a space between said handle and the body portion of said wringing member to receive the fingers of a hand grasping said handle. 7

A mop wringer comprising the con);

bination of a handle; a mop holding member on the lower end of said handle; a mop wringing member turnably mounted on said handle for holding one end of the mop cloth while the other end of said cloth is held by said mop holding member, a wire handle on said mop wringing member for turning the same for wringing the mop cloth, and hand grip means comprising transversely extending loops of said wire on said handle above said wringing member, said loops being sufliciently narrow to be included within the grasp of the hand.

3. A mop wringer comprising the combination of a handle; a mop holder member on the lower end of said handle; a mop wringing member comprising a substantially elongated rectangular frame, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted on said handle, said frame being connected at one end to said sleeve and having its free ends bent outwardly and inwardly in the form of loops to form a handle for said mop wringing member, said loops each comprising two limbs sufiiciently close together to be included within the grasp of the hand.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 23rd day of May, 1929.

CHARLES CLINTON POTTER, JR. 

